SkooshMagoo

So tomorrow (Saturday) is going to be my first race in the huaraches. I’m going to volunteer at getting the course and event set up. Then I’m going to participate in the event. Then after help clean up and tear down. I wasn’t originally going to race in the Shoreline Shuffle, but I decided that this might be my last chance to do a trail 5k this year before it starts getting to cold, and I start worrying about my cold feet!

For those of you who are unaware, the Shoreline Shuffle is the first race put on by the Lawrence Trail Hawks. This race is a 5k(ish) race along some of the best parts of the Clinton North Shore trails. There are some technical bits (but very pretty, and my personal favorite part of the race) as well as some really flat, really fast sections. I’m really excited to be part of this race, in both helping put it on and participating in this event.

My barefoot training has not been as much as I’d hoped since Leadville, but, it’s better than nothing. I really enjoy running in the huaraches. They are light, free and cool. All of the benefits of running barefoot, but also without the worry of poking my foot with a sharp rock or root or stray thorn. The technical section of the Shoreline Shuffle will be difficult in the huaraches, mainly cause the technical section is rocky (both large and small, sharp and round). I’ll have to be double-ly careful to not kick anything, as well as placing my foot very carefully on each and every step to avoid bruising the bottom of my foot.

Guadajuko! Vamos a correr. [Awesome! We're gonna run.]